TAWASSUL WITH HOLY PROPHET (S) AND H. ALI (S)

Eighth: Imam Muhammad al-Taqi (‘a) is reported to have said: In order to reach at relief (from a trouble), it is recommended to say this supplicatory prayer regularly:

O He Who saves from all things

but nothing can ever save from Him,

(please) save me from what has distressed me.

Ninth: Imam Zayn al-’Abidin (‘a) is reported to have said to his sons: Whenever one of you is inflicted by a misfortune or troubled by a crisis, he should perform the ritual ablution (wuzu’) as perfectly as possible, offer a two-unit or four-unit prayer, and say the following supplicatory prayer thereafter:

O target of all complaints!

O hearer of all confidential talks!

O witness of all gatherings!

O knower of all hidden things!

O repelling of whatever tribulation You will to repel!

O friend of Abraham!

O talker to Moses!

O chooser of Muhammad,

may Allah bless him and his Household!

I supplicate You with the supplication of one whose indigence is extreme,

whose stratagem has failed,

and whose ability has fallen short;

the supplication of one who is stranger, drowned, distressed;

one who has no one at all to relieve him from what he is suffering save You,

O most merciful of all those who show mercy!

No one uses this supplicatory prayer but that Almighty Allah, if He wills, shall relieve him from what he is suffering.

Tenth: Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) is reported to have said: To remove any distress and grief, you may bathe yourself, offer a two-unit prayer, and say the following supplicatory prayer:

O Reliever of distress

and Remover of agony!

O Beneficent and Merciful of this world and the Hereafter,

(please) relieve my distress

and remove my agony.

O Allah Who is the One,

the One and Only, and the eternally besought of all;

Who begets not nor was begotten

and there is none comparable unto Him,

(please) protect me, purify me,

and eliminate my tribulation.

You may then recite Ayah al-Kursi, Surah al-Falaq, and Surah al-Nas.

Eleventh: To pray for removing agony, it is reported that one may repeat the following supplicatory prayer one hundred times in a position of prostration:

O He Who is ever-living! O He Who is self-subsisting!

O He save Whom there is no god!

In the name of Your mercy do I seek aid;

so, (please) save me from what has distressed me

and do not refer me to myself.

Twelfth: Imam Musa ibn Ja’far (‘a) is reported to have said to Suma’ah: If you have an urgent need to be granted by Almighty Allah, you should say this supplicatory prayer:

O Allah, I beseech You

in the name of Muhammad and 'Ali,

for they bothenjoy a remarkable standing with You

and a significant status;

so, (I beseech You) in the name of this standing

and in the name of this status

(please) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, and...

You may now submit your request.

Indeed, on the Resurrection Day, all archangels, missioned prophets, and tested faithful believers will be in need for Muhammad and ‘Ali, Allah’s peace be upon them and their Household.

[The author of the book] Let me, the poor, refer to this tradition on this occasion:

Ibn Abi’l-Hadid has reported the following incident from Imam ‘Ali Amir al-Mu’minin (‘a): One day, I asked the Holy Prophet (s) to implore God to forgive me. Responding to me, the Holy Prophet (s) stood up, offered a prayer, and raised his hands for supplicating. Listening carefully to him, I heard him saying:

O Allah, (I beseech You) in the name of 'Ali’s standing with You, (please) forgive 'AIL

Surprisingly, I said to him, “O Allah’s Messenger, what kind of supplication is this?” He (s) answered, “Can I find any other person who is dearer to Allah than you are so that I can beseech Him in his name?”

Within the supplicatory prayers of the Thanksgiving Prostration in the first section of the book, I have mentioned a number of related supplicatory prayers.